M&W EDRG 3321 Guided Reading Books & Websites

What is Guided Reading?
Guided reading is reading with children. The goal of Guided Reading is to teach students to independently use reading strategies at their instructional level. It is a bridge between shared reading and independent reading. Guided Reading provides opportunitites for teachers to work with small groups of children on text that closely matches the children's needs, abilities, and interests. The teacher acts as a facilitator, using prompts and questioning strategies to guide children to comprehension. Using a book introduction, the teacher sets the scene, arouses student interest and engages children in discussion. In Guided Reading everything is learned within the context of a book.
This guided reading website has a lot of reading information but it is very useful. It expalins the different teaching methods and classroom activities from grades K-6. Each grade level has steps to follow such as:
1. Title: Read, Cover, Remember, & Retell
2. Title: Guided Reading Lesson Outline
3. Fluency mini-lessons
This website is not one of my favorites but it does have useful information. It does lack all the extras. www.oe.k12.mi.us/balanced_literacy/guided_reading.htm

olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/PD/instr/strats/guided/guided.htm
This website discuss the purpose of guided reading.
How do teachers have students do it.
How the student can adapt.
Assessment & Evaluation Considerations
Teacher Resources
I would definitely consider this wesite it also has a lot of extras.





AUTHOR PROFILE
"Smoky Night" BY: Eve Bunting
Evelyn Bunting born 1928, is an author with more than 250 books. Her books are diverse in age groups, from picture books to chapter books, and topic, ranging from Thanksgiving to riots in Los Angeles. She has won several awards. She went to school in Ireland and grew up with storytelling. In Ireland, “There used to be Shanachies… the shanachie was a storyteller who went from house to house telling his tales of ghosts and fairies, of old Irish heroes and battles still to be won. Maybe I’m a bit of a Shanchie myself, telling stories to anyone who will listen.” This storytelling began as an inspiration for Bunting and continues with her work. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1514475/Ivy-Wallace.html


"Pookie At The Seaside" BY: Ivy Wallace Ivy Lilian Wallace born on October 7, 1915 was a British artist, actress and authoress, best known for writing the Pookie series of illustrated children's stories. She was born in Grimsby. She started drawing as a child with the encouragement of her parents, who recognised her talents and thought that she might become an artist. However when she left school, she joined Felixstowe Repertory theatre as an actress. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1514475/Ivy-Wallace.html

EDRG 3321.350

What is fiction? Fiction to me is love stories. When I read about love stories, I tend to think about my own life experiences. Fiction is a story. The different types of fiction that are used with children are contemporary realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction. In historical fiction children can vicariously live the issues, actions and emotions of people in previous generations. During this time I can imagine how studnets tend to think back about their parents and grand parents. This is great opportunity for the teacher to combine culture and fiction.

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"Beach" by Elisha Cooper
Away to the beach! Away to sand and salt water, to rolling dunes and pounding waves." A day at the beach supplies any child with a lifetime of memories. In this picture book by award-winning author Elisha Cooper, the simple magic of building sand castles, collecting seashells, and running from the waves is brought to life through poetic text and lively illustrations. Together, readers will be able to visit the beach year-round as they share this delightful book.
www.elishacooper.com

"A Wrinkle In Time" by Madeline L'Engle
This story is aboutMeg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a tesseract, which, if you didn't know, is a wrinkle in time.
Meg's father had been experimenting with time-travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father?
www.bookrags.com/biography/madeleine-lengle

EDRG 3321.350 Ch. 5

When I think of Poetry I think of rhyming or a story with creative words. When I think of poetry, I think of the lenght about a page long with one picture, representing the whole piece of poetry. The chapter teaches you how to bring children and poetry together. One of the most aspects of sound on poetry for children is rhyme. Rhyming provides connection with words and sometimes a musical effect. The other aspect to teach children about poems is the rhythm. Some children naturally respond to rhythm. Poets write poems for children in a forward organization so children can follow the rhythm. Poems also have shape. Poems can be written with all capital letters, as a latter, from left to right and etc. Shape affects how you read a poem, defining the rhythm as well as the speed at which the poem unfolds.
Children should not be drilled on how to write poem or to memorize them. When children are drilled with poems it make it too complex. Children should write their own thoughts about a poem and they should come invent their own style and shape of poem.

AUTHOR PROLIE
"Collection of Poems Songs, and Lullabies" is told by Julie Andrew
This book is about a deluxe treasury of family favorites selected by the bestselling mother-daughter team. Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton share a diverse mix of their most beloved poems. These poems can be read by the whole family and the book has very nice pictures. http://www.julieandrewsonline.com/

"Winter Poems" by Bob Brachin is a series of winter poems. It talks about the snow, snow flakes, dead trees, family time and about the cold season.

EDRG 3344 M&W Expository MGP

How To Make A Seed Grow Into A Plant

1. Put soil into a pot.

2. Make hole in the middle of soil and put seed in and cover with soil.

3. Water seed and place in sunlight.

4. Water seed everyday and watch it grow into a plant.

EDRG 3321- M&W Non-Fiction

When I think of non-fiction I think of the movie "Marley And Me". This movie is so real. Its about a family that gets a puppy and the puppy grows up and destroys the house. The wife wants to get rid of the dog and they try but they start to miss the dog so he comes back. They move to a bigger house and the dog begans to get sick. Before this the family already has had so many years of memories with the family. One day the family noticed the dog was asting different and wanted to be left alone. They had to put him down because he was in so much pain. The family was heart broken and had a burial for him. It was sad, the kids wrote him letters and they were very touching. This story is so real because this usually what happens to familys when they have a dog. You get attached and its hard to let go. This movie is a non-fiction movie. You gotta watch it, it will make you cry and make you appreciate your animals. Animals do have feelings.

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"What It Is" by Lynda Barry, it is about a deliciously drawn (with fragments of collage worked into each page), insightful and bubbling with delight in the process of artistic creation. A+ Salon How do objects.

"Bone Sharps, Cowboys and Lizards" by Jim Ottaviani is about the Wild West provided the setting for some famous battles, but the gunfight at O.K. Corral doesn't hold a candle to the Bone Wars. Following the Civil War.

M&W EDRG 3321 and 3344 Stelletto Women

Today the news announced about the stelleto women who are professionals who make great money but enjoy smoking drugs. They interviewed these women and they claim they don't smoke infront of the public. infront of children but only at home. They do it at home for either relaxation or I guess for the weird feeling they get from it. The news showed hoe these woman prepared the drug and how they lit it. Whatever these women decide to do id their own business but there is no need to announce it on television. The media needs to remember that children watch the news and then think well they're doing as professionals why can't we. We need to function too? This is a big controversy.

M&W EDRG 3321 What I Think About Fiction

It was fun in class today. We discussed what each of us thought what fiction is. When I think of fiction I think of "Lord Of The Rings". The little grimlin character reminds me of something that is suppost to be a hero or a bad guy. When books have characters that are good or evil it reminds me of fiction because the story usually ends like a fairytale with a happy ending. I don't really read adult bboks but I do read childrens books and most of them are fiction. My daughters enjoy fiction because the ending is happy or something happened good to the character. I like reading books to them that have a moral to the ended so they can learn from it and then we discuss what the moral of the story was. I'll ask them questions like why was the character sharing, why was the character using words like thank you and yes sir? Then at the end they get the idea of sharing is the way we should be with others and using are manners is the way to speak. I certainly think books reflect on adults and children and we should not judge a book by its cover. From here on out I will definitely find a book that I like and start making time to read. Today in class I gathered that so many people read and make time for it because its relaxing and enjoying. Its also important to read to keep our minds stimulated and to learn new information and vocabulary.




AUTHOR PROFILE


"Young Cam Jansen and the Lost Tooth" By David A. Adler

This story is about Annie's tooth falling out in art class. Did it fall into the box of beads? Is it in the bowl of popcorn? Is it in the pile of feathers? Cam Jansen says her memory is like a camera. She has a picture in her head of everything she hsa seen. But does Cam have the picture she needs to find Annie's lost tooth?

The author "David A. Adler" loves mysteries and he loves to write. He has written all the Cam Jansen mysteries and more than one-hundred other books. He lives with his family in New York.